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“Definite Articles: A, AN, THE” 2019 . This series of concrete cubes reminds me of the letter blocks I played with as a child. In my art I like to explore the “thingness” of words and highlight the structures and hierarchies of language through form and material . #concrete #abc #conceptualart #concretepoerty #textbasedart #textart #artistsoninstagram #definitearticles #grammar https://ift.tt/2QOCBTn

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The panel discussion is postponed, but now you’ll have lots of time to check out Tilt/West’s inaugural journal issue on art at language which features some of my work and writing. Link in bio #repost @tiltwest Our Tilt West panel discussion on Art & Language, scheduled for this Friday at MCA Denver, has been postponed until further notice, but we still want to thank the remaining, amazing contributors to the Tilt West Journal by celebrating them here on Instagram this week. Today’s featured contributor is Joel Swanson @joel.swanson - Swanson is an artist and writer who explores the relationship between language and technology. His work critically subverts the technologies, materials, and underlying structures of language to reveal its idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies. He has been exhibited at such venues as the Broad Museum in Lansing, The Power Plant in Toronto, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Swanson is an assistant professor in the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has an MFA from the University of California, San Diego. The first issue of the Tilt West Journal includes an essay by Swanson, “Language Blinks,” as well as a visual art work, “BLINK/BLANK.” The link to the Journal is in our bio. Please check it out! https://ift.tt/2WidwDX

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Repost • @211_photography We love to highlight not only you but your passions as well! . . . #211photography #corporate #corporateevents #blackandwhite #neon #art #love #photography #colorado https://ift.tt/2U2n6s0

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It’s white and snowing outside, so I made a black painting (or drawing) inside. It’s about lines. https://ift.tt/38a5bFo

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Thrilled to design this photo booth background for the @efec_org fundraiser in Vail tonight! #bethesolution https://ift.tt/3b5QZiw

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#repost @downtowndenver Y/OURS P.S. if you haven’t checked out the alleyway art downtown, you should! • 📸 From the perspective of @carson_n_photography_ #DowntownDenver #BetweenUsAlleys More info about the alleys at downtowndenver.com/alleys @joel.swanson @black_cube_nomadic_museum https://ift.tt/2tTRbAP

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Nothing better than a fresh coat of paint in the studio to start off a new year #blackisthenewwhite #tankstudios @swseam I borrowed you step stool 😘 https://ift.tt/2FYrL7n

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#repost: @raymarkrinaldi @joel.swanson’s mutant Alphabits cast in lead now at @dbsgallery. But not for long. Details on link in profile. #ContemporaryArt #cereal #alpha-bits #DenverArt #ColoradoArt #language #highlighterpens #rubbereraser #UCBoulder #UniversityofColoradoBoulder https://ift.tt/2FR7Bfy

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Thanks for the write up @raymarkrinaldi @denverpost “Eight-and-a-Half-by-Eleven” runs through January 18 @dbsgallery #textart #languageart #textbasedart #conceptualart #eatyourwords https://ift.tt/2R6lLyK

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@withrepost • @tiltwest Continuing our week-long focus on the work of artist Joel Swanson @joel.swanson - This piece is “Counters and Periods,” store-bought vinyl lettering on paper, 16.5” x 13.5”. Swanson writes of his show at David B. Smith Gallery: ““Eight-and-a-Half-by-Eleven” explores the power of seemingly mundane tools and technologies. It asks, how do standardized paper sizes or the distance between the lines on a sheet of ruled paper shape our handwriting? How are cultural norms and biases embedded within tools such as phonetic flash cards and the NATO Alphabet? How do the word problems in standardized testing shape and truncate our definition of “intelligence?” What cultural artifacts unintentionally influence our acquisition of language? The works in this show attempt to defamiliarize the everyday tools of inscription to critically reveal the way they structure language and thought.” @dbsgallery Photo credit: Matt Pevear @matthewpevear https://ift.tt/2QZ1dIh

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#repost • @tiltwest Happy New Year, Tilt Westers! We are kicking off 2020 by highlighting the work of Joel Swanson @joel.swanson this week. Swanson is a great friend to Tilt West. In addition to being a Sustaining Member since October 2018, he prompted our Season 3 roundtable on Art & Language, and his work and writing will be featured in the first issue of the Tilt West Journal, to be released in March. Stay tuned for that! Meanwhile, you can check out Swanson’s work in person this month at David B. Smith Gallery @dbsgallery in his solo show, “Eight-and-a-Half-by-Eleven.” These works are “Composition Notebook Pattern,” Sharpie marker on Arches paper, 63” x 43” and untitled, correctional fluid on grid paper, 21” x 17”. https://ift.tt/2Qu5nsF

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This is me hoping you will go see my show “Eight-and-a-Half-by-Eleven” at @dbsgallery. Dm me if you want to setup a walkthrough. Runs through January 18 and has 0 calories. 📷 @211_photography https://ift.tt/2SgWjJ8

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Thanks to @michaelpagliaart for the write up about “Eight-and-a-Half-by-Eleven” in @denverwestword! Link to article in bio . 📸 @matthewpevear https://ift.tt/38Szn8Q

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Posted @withrepost • @dbsgallery “How Many Pink Pearl Erasers would it Take to Create a Perfect Cube?” by Joel Swanson, currently on view in the main gallery. Eight-and-a-Half-by-Eleven, Swanson’s third solo with the gallery, is on view through January 18th. @joel.swanson @dbsgallery https://ift.tt/2Pz1mTi

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Honored to have this piece installed in such an amazing and creative location! #iknowyouarebutwhatami #neon #wordplay https://ift.tt/38BajD7

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“Eight-and-a-Half-by-Eleven” opens this Friday at @dbsgallery reception from 6–8. This show is an entirely new body of work that relate to language but is absent of words. From the press release: “Recognized as both ubiquitous yet shaped by systems of class and privilege, language’s unwavering written and spoken rules are inevitably internalized in the individual. From youth, the weight of the written word against the empty page shapes thought patterns and processes as it rigidly defines correctness. The blankness of the empty page, seemingly innocuous and devoid of content, Swanson views as possessing an invisible, rigid power that ultimately defines the underlying structure of free choice. Throughout the main gallery, Swanson explores the tools, structures, and technologies of literacy. Using unconventional media including pink erasers and highlighter fluid, Swanson deconstructs the materiality of language used within the primary education of English.” https://ift.tt/341HWdP